It approves a plan for remote underwater vehicles to activate a blowout preventer and stop the leak.īP's shares fall 2% amid fears that the cost of cleanup and legal claims will hit the London-based company hard. ![]() US coast guard remote underwater cameras report the well is leaking 1,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd). A homeland security report on critical infrastructure says the problem has "no near-term impact to regional or national crude oil or natural gas supplies." Oil is found to be leaking from the well. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says: "I doubt this is the first accident that has happened and I doubt it will be the last."ĭeepwater Horizon clean-up workers fight to prevent disaster A homeland security department risk analysis says the incident "poses a negligible risk to regional oil supply markets and will not cause significant national economic impacts". The rig is found upside down about a quarter-mile from the blowout preventer. The US coast guard suspends the search for missing workers, who are all presumed dead. Search-and-rescue operations by the US National Response Team begin. ![]() A blowout preventer, intended to prevent release of crude oil, failed to activate.ĭeepwater Horizon oil rig fire leaves 11 missingĭeepwater Horizon rig sinks in 5,000ft of water. Eleven people are reported missing and approximately 17 injured. The rig is delivered and valued at more than $560m.Įxplosion and fire on the BP-licensed Transocean drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.
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